Among my many other Kingsclere 'problems' is identifying the mother of Ada DRY who married Henry MANCHESTER at St. Paul, Woodlands on 26 Dec 1891. Ada's age is given as 19 years and is recorded as illegitimate in the marriage entry. Witnesses were Ernest & Alice Hutchins An Ada Dry was recorded in the household of John & Harriet Hutchins in 1881, granddaughter, aged 7 years. I can find no baptism for an Ada Dry around the 1874 period. Two children of John & Harriet were Ernest and Alice Hutchins (mentioned above), so it seems likely the Ada who married Henry is the same Ada recorded in h/h of John & Harriet in 1881. If actually born in 1874 she was only 17 rather than 19. Harriet was previously married to David DRY and had one child before he died. This was Ellen born Summershurst and baptised at St. Mary on 6 Sep 1852. The only illegit. birth which seems to fit Ada's date of birth is Ellen Edith baptised at St. Paul on 1 Mar 1874 to Emma DRY of Ram Alley. But I have not found any Emma Dry to match this entry. My hypothesis is that Emma is really Ellen and that Ada is really Ellen Edith. Do any of the other Dry researchers have a view on this or have I missed an essential bit of information? -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software